ec2-add-group

ec2-add-group group -d description

Creates a new security group. Group names must be unique per account.

OptionDescriptionRequired

group

Name of the security group.

Example: webservers

Yes

-d description

Description of the group. This is informational only. If the description contains spaces, you must enclose it in single quotes (').

Example: -d 'Web servers'

Yes

Amazon EC2 returns a table that contains the following information:

Amazon EC2 displays errors on stderr.

This example creates the websrv security group.

$ ec2-add-group websrv -d 'Web servers'
GROUP websrv Web servers